Publisher: Greenwillow Books; 1 edition (April 27, 2010)
Lexile: 170L
This book is about a little mouse named Wemberly, who was always worrying. Sometimes she worried about not fitting in, and sometimes she worried about not standing out. She worries about school until she gets there and sees how much fun she is having. There is a little play on words at the end when her teacher says, “come back tomorrow!”, and she responds with, “don’t worry we will”. It is a good book to use to talk about the anxiety of trying to fit in, and the worries that go along with school.
This is one of Henkes' newer books, and it is a very good one. The plot of the story is very believable, and like his previous books, they relate to kids. The character Wemberly really changes throughout the book, and she goes from a little girl who is worried all the time, to her own person. I often times forget that we as humans try to change ourselves to be who other people want us to be. I think that Wemberly goes through this because she doesn't want to stand out, but she also doesn't want to be just like everyone else. The illustrations go very well with the text and probably even adds to the story. Like almost all of his books there is a strong presence of personification. I do have to say that I don't think the characters change that much from what I see, but Laura had mentioned that he uses different colored mice in his stories. Again after what Annie said today in class about different cultures not understanding personification I don't think I would use this book in every classroom. This story also incorporates a lot of alliteration and has lines like, "Wemberly, who was worrying." This book could be used to teach that part of reading and writing.
Like my previous posts I think I would use this in a series, but I think I would use this book to talk about alliteration, and how it is used in reading and writing.
Thanks for reading!
Gorms
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